About Me

This will be a short introduction about myself and my history with the hobby. I guess that like a lot of older players in the hobby, I started playing when I was in my very early teens and I played for a few years, playing Second Edition. I stopped playing just before the release of Third Edition, due to a combination of getting older and finding other interests, mostly women and beer. As such, my models were packed away and put in the loft at my parents house.

Several years passed, until my parents decided to retire and move to the country, leading to a mass decluttering of their house, and the discovery of some of my old models. At the time, my intention was to spend some time repainting the models, as they all had very bad and somewhat random paint jobs (yellow, blue and orange Catachans), and just enjoy the modelling process. However, I quickly got back in to the gaming side as well, which resulted in selling off my 2nd edition Cadians, Valhallans and also some Adeptus Arbites to fund the purchase of a few more Catachans, which turned in to a lot more Catachans.

You may have noticed I said the discovery of "some" of my models, as a large portion were misplaced at some point or another. I still have a lot of my 2nd Edition Imperial Guard Catachans, late Rogue Trader Imperial Guard and some early Imperial Army models, in addition to the ones I sold. The remainder, a large number of marines, including some metal bodied Space Wolves and a Rhino, all my Space Crusade and Advanced Space Crusade models and my first edition Space Hulk, with Deathwing and Genestealer expansion set's have gone missing in the 15 or so years that I wasn't playing.

So why the blog? Well, as a full time father during the day and working evenings/nights, I find that these days I do not get as much time for playing or modelling as I would like. Getting models and paints out in the presence of a young child is a recipe for disaster, as I'm sure some of you have experienced. I'm also a major fluff bunny, even during my non playing years I kept up with the fluff and model releases, and this blog enables me to partake in a part of the hobby I enjoy, even without touching my models and also while in the presence of my youngest. My playing time is restricted to a couple of visits to a local gaming club and the occasional friendly tournament, partly due to family but also due to my other hobby, Archery.

With my kids have always taken an interest in daddy's little men and my eldest son is now of an age where he is able to concentrate long enough and understand the rules to be able to play some small games of 40, with his Tau Army or his growing collection of Orks. This mean that I'm playing a lot more games now than in the recent past and likely to get more in the future.

Last edited May '24